Natural SciencesEarth SciencesPhysicsAstrophysicsElectromagnetismPlasma PhysicsAstrophysical PlasmasMagnetized PlasmaPlanetary MagnetospheresPlasma AstrophysicsPlasma FundamentalsSpace PlasmasLecture OrganizationMagnetospheric DynamicsMagnetospheric Plasma
Magnetospheric Plasma Physics is volume 4 of an ongoing series of review books entitled Developments in Earth and Planetary Sciences organized by the Center for Academic Publications Japan. The series is intended to stress Japanese work; however, the present volume was written by seven internationally selected authors who have reviewed works from a broad range of sources. This volume is composed of articles drawn from five lecture series presented at the Autumn College o f Plasma Physics, International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, October–November 1979. The audiences for these lecture series were plasma and/or space plasma physicists, or students of the same, and the level and tone of this volume clearly reflect that condition.